Proverbs 16:4 KJV
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
The Bible does not say that God made them wicked only that he made those who are wicked. God did not make Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit but he did make them and they chose to eat that which was forbidden. God did not make Cain slay his brother, but He did make Cain and he then chose to slay his brother.
There are those who would challenge the goodness of God because of this passage. They would judge God and say He is not righteous if He made the wicked. It reminds me of the temptation of the serpent to Eve that if she ate the fruit she would "be as gods, knowing good and evil." Sin has so corrupted us that we believe we can decide what is good and evil; what is right and wrong, whether God himself is right or wrong. In fact, God is the standard of right. Anything below Him is wrong.
I see in this the great grace of the LORD that, even knowing there would be those who would choose wickedness, God made them anyway. He could have only made those He knew would choose righteousness, but then that is not really giving them the choice.
God made man and graciously gave man a choice. Some choose righteousness. Some choose to call God evil and thereby choose wickedness.
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
The Bible does not say that God made them wicked only that he made those who are wicked. God did not make Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit but he did make them and they chose to eat that which was forbidden. God did not make Cain slay his brother, but He did make Cain and he then chose to slay his brother.
There are those who would challenge the goodness of God because of this passage. They would judge God and say He is not righteous if He made the wicked. It reminds me of the temptation of the serpent to Eve that if she ate the fruit she would "be as gods, knowing good and evil." Sin has so corrupted us that we believe we can decide what is good and evil; what is right and wrong, whether God himself is right or wrong. In fact, God is the standard of right. Anything below Him is wrong.
I see in this the great grace of the LORD that, even knowing there would be those who would choose wickedness, God made them anyway. He could have only made those He knew would choose righteousness, but then that is not really giving them the choice.
God made man and graciously gave man a choice. Some choose righteousness. Some choose to call God evil and thereby choose wickedness.
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